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Show RIPHPQ IN POTATO PATCH- Man Spades up $2000 in Gold Dust and Nuggets San Francisco, March 6. A special fromPortland states that Richard Cor-nett Cor-nett unearthed $2,000 in gold dust and nuggets while ho was spading in his Sotato patch near that city. The treas-re, treas-re, which was In a rusty tin box, is supposed to have been burled by an old Australian miner, who died In a cabin on the property over thirty years ago. After the box had been found, it wa6 discovered that the place had been marked by twenty-two spikes driven in a log nearby. They were in a row pointing toward the treasure which was Just twentry-two feet away. The old miner had confided to his neighbors that he was rich, but no ono believed him. Now that the treasure has been uncovered, hundreds of the residents are searching for more. |